Description
Nezha brooch – Third Lotus Prince, a protection deity in chinese folk religion and together with Krishna, he’s a powerful child that defeats mighty serpents. To protect his family and friends, he committed suicide, but Nezha was later brought back to life by his teacher, Taiyi Zhenren, who used lotus roots to construct a human body for his soul. The body of the brooch is a red piece of driftwood that has a blue titanium lotus flower. This flower on the root-driftwood symbolizes the Third Lotus Prince brought back to life in a piece of jewellery.
I have made this Nezha brooch for the exhibition Chinese Mythology/in Peijing in 2020. It’s very light although the wood is about 9 centimeters long. It is red colour, bronze, titanium and and green glass micro granules on the surface.
To give birth to something new, something old must die. The transformation of material begins already when a being is born. The transformation of a dried piece of wood, that has been a piece of something bigger, in a piece of art to wear. Before, it was a part of a big tree, now it’s a part of a human hand when worn. By focusing on the essentials we reach the blurred lines between natural and artificial. These relationships are the jewel in the composition of freedom and individual expression.
The Terra Incognita Collection
Twisted and organic shapes are inspired by marine life forms like medusae and anemones. The opulence of color combinations, paired with materials like titanium and wood result in fantasy creations which approach real sea animals in different ways. Contrast and contradiction becomes sharper by using divergent materials side by side. For me it is important to feel the material, its smooth or rough surface, its natural softness or its temperature.
Twisted and organic shapes are inspired by marine life forms like medusae and anemones. The opulence of color combinations, paired with materials like titanium and wood result in fantasy creations which approach real sea animals in different ways. Contrast and contradiction becomes sharper by using divergent materials side by side. For me it is important to feel the material, its smooth or rough surface, its natural softness or its temperature.
